Kiersten
Abby Megan
Emma Summaryof Civilization: The Olmec civiliztion was the first great civilization of Mesoamerica. It lasted about 1200 B.C. to about 300 B.C. The priest and government officails were the most powerful classes in the Olmec civilazation. The lowest social class was made up of famers. The Olmec civilization is often called the "Mother Culture" or "Mother Civilization" of Mesoamerica. They are often called that because the Olmec directly influenced all of the Mesoamerican cililization that fallowed. Geography: The Olmec heartland is the southern portion of Mexico's Gulf Coast Region between the Tuxtla Mountains and the Olemc archaelgical of La Venta, extending roughly 80 km (50 mi) inland from the Gulf of Mexico coastline at its deepest. It is today, as it was during the height of the Olmec civilization, a tropical lowland forest environment, crossed by meandering rivers.
Most researchers consider the Olmec heartland to be the home of the Olmec culture which became widespread over Mesoamerica from 1400 BCE until roughly 400 BCE. The area is also referred to as Olman or the Olmec Metropolitan Zone Climate:
The olmec people lived in the jungle, rain forest, and swamps of Mexico. So there for it was very hot and humid this map shows the places where they usualy live. The climate of the Olmec land is very wet with heavy rainfall, the landscape is tropical forest. The area is also subject to annual flooding from the rivers in the area, which creates swamp and marshes along the outer fringes. The area supports a verity of plant and animal life, that could easly support a very small community in the area. This supports evidence that suggests early Olmec villages were non-agricultural. Art and Architecture:
The Olmec lived in small houses with thatched roofs. the small houses were surrounded by small villages.
The Olmec lived in small houses with thatched roofs. the small houses were surrounded by small villages.The Olmec communities were connected by roads. At the ruins of president-day Mexico lies the Pyramid of the Niches, built by the Totonac people of Mesoamerica.
Culture (Religion, Customs, Food, ect.):
The Olmec people are most famous for the giant stone heads they constructed. the masive sculptures show Olmec rulers. They were carved from basalt and weight as much as 40 tons. This is about one-half the weight of a very large tractor-trailer. Other sculptures show gods that the Olmec worshipped. The Olmec people worshipped hundrens of gods. These were animals that the Olmec are very familiar with, including jaguars, eagles, snakes. and sharks. The Olmec people ate squash, beans, corn, and other veggies they grew.
Image:Mexico.Tab.OlmecHead.01.jpg
Technology (Farming, hunting?):
A lot of the Olmec were famers. Like the Mesoamerica, they raised corn, beans, squash and other crops.
Besides faming they also hunted and fished.The olmac also had plows so when they farmed it would be alot easier. The use things to build like brics and stone. References: Site your sources here.
My History book!
p.168-173.
Wikipeda.com Http://Wikipedia.org.wiki/Olmec_Heartland http://www.littlewolf.us/Olmecmesoamerica.html Wikipedhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071108130759AAoZO9ka. com
aphs.worldnomads.com/.../ 6626/Olmec_head.jpg rllewellyn.net/.../ FantArch/photos/olmec_map. jpgcontent.answers.com/ main/content/wp/en-common...
Abby
Megan
Emma
Summary of Civilization:
The Olmec civiliztion was the first great civilization of Mesoamerica. It lasted about 1200 B.C. to about 300 B.C. The priest and government officails were the most powerful classes in the Olmec civilazation. The lowest social class was made up of famers. The Olmec civilization is often called the "Mother Culture" or "Mother Civilization" of Mesoamerica. They are often called that because the Olmec directly influenced all of the Mesoamerican cililization that fallowed.
Geography:
The Olmec heartland is the southern portion of Mexico's Gulf Coast Region between the Tuxtla Mountains and the Olemc archaelgical of La Venta, extending roughly 80 km (50 mi) inland from the Gulf of Mexico coastline at its deepest. It is today, as it was during the height of the Olmec civilization, a tropical lowland forest environment, crossed by meandering rivers.
Most researchers consider the Olmec heartland to be the home of the Olmec culture which became widespread over Mesoamerica from 1400 BCE until roughly 400 BCE. The area is also referred to as Olman or the Olmec Metropolitan Zone
Climate:
The olmec people lived in the jungle, rain forest, and swamps of Mexico. So there for it was very hot and humid this map shows the places where they usualy live. The climate of the Olmec land is very wet with heavy rainfall, the landscape is tropical forest. The area is also subject to annual flooding from the rivers in the area, which creates swamp and marshes along the outer fringes. The area supports a verity of plant and animal life, that could easly support a very small community in the area. This supports evidence that suggests early Olmec villages were non-agricultural.
Art and Architecture:
The Olmec lived in small houses with thatched roofs. the small houses were surrounded by small villages.
The Olmec lived in small houses with thatched roofs. the small houses were surrounded by small
villages.The Olmec communities were connected by roads. At the ruins of president-day Mexico lies the Pyramid of the Niches, built by the Totonac people of Mesoamerica.
Culture (Religion, Customs, Food, ect.):
The Olmec people are most famous for the giant stone heads they constructed. the masive sculptures show Olmec rulers. They were carved from basalt and weight as much as 40 tons. This is about one-half the weight of a very large tractor-trailer. Other sculptures show gods that the Olmec worshipped. The Olmec people worshipped hundrens of gods. These were animals that the Olmec are very familiar with, including jaguars, eagles, snakes. and sharks. The Olmec people ate squash, beans, corn, and other veggies they grew.
Technology (Farming, hunting?):
A lot of the Olmec were famers. Like the Mesoamerica, they raised corn, beans, squash and other crops.
Besides faming they also hunted and fished.The olmac also had plows so when they farmed it would be alot easier. The use things to build like brics and stone.
References:
Site your sources here.
My History book!
p.168-173.
Wikipeda.com
Http://Wikipedia.org.wiki/Olmec_Heartland
http://www.littlewolf.us/Olmecmesoamerica.html
Wikipedhttp://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071108130759AAoZO9ka.
com
aphs.worldnomads.com/.../ 6626/Olmec_head.jpg
rllewellyn.net/.../ FantArch/photos/olmec_map.
jpgcontent.answers.com/ main/content/wp/en-common...